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| Get a closer look at Ubin mangroves on a FREE boat tour |
Learn about an exciting ground-up community effort to give Mother Nature a hand in restoring mangroves at abandoned aquaculture ponds on Pulau Ubin. Find out more about the Restore Ubin Mangroves (R.U.M.) Initiative and the Ecological Mangrove Restoration method, where mangroves will be naturally restored at abandoned aquaculture ponds on Pulau Ubin.
Here's a glimpse of Ubin's mangroves and one of the R.U.M. sites.
Maximum 8 persons per trip, children must be 12 years or older and must be accompanied by parent/guardian.
Date: 4 Jun (Sat)
Time slots:
- 10.30am - 12pm
- 12.30pm - 2pm
- 2.30pm - 4pm
Website: http://rum-initiative.blogspot.sg/
No charge, the activity is free!
No registration required. Just drop by the booth half-an-hour before the tour starts.
What happened...
Before the tour, Prof Dan Friess gives everyone a briefing about what RUM is about.
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| Photo by Vanessa Teo. |
Phillip Lim of Sea Angel and Ubin fish farmer who provided the boat trips also gave a briefing.
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| Photo by Johnson Ong. |
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| Photo by Minister Desmond Lee. |
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| Photo by Johnson Ong. |
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| Photo by Minister Desmond Lee. |
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| Photo by Johnson Ong. |
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| Photo by Noven Chew. |
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| Thanks to all the Sea Angel volunteers! Photo by Noven Chew. |
Please implement regisrtation to avoid disappointment in case of overwhelming response.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your suggestion. But we prefer to go ahead with our approach. I'm sure it will all work out well in the end.
ReplyDeleteIt will work out well for the organiser who cannot be bothered to deal with registrations, and do not care that there are people who travel all the way to Ubin, only to be told that they cannot take the tour as demand exceeds supply! It will work out SO WELL for such organisers!
ReplyDeleteWe are all volunteers and have limited bandwidth and resources.
DeleteI have managed many volunteer guided activities for more than a decade. For free activities, it is very common for people who signed up to not turn up. Usually, the no show rate is about 20%, it is higher when it rains or there is haze.
This deprives people who wanted to register but were turned away because all places were taken up.
Offering the activity only for people who are physically present is one way to avoid this issue and fairer to all those who made the effort to be present.
It is also all we can manage with our limited resources.
Can children fm 9 to 12 years old join this tour?
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ReplyDeleteIf I come to Ubin with my bicycle from mainland Singapore and use the bumboat, and go for your activity... where can I park my bike in a safe place, please. Thanks.
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ReplyDeleteIf I come to Ubin with my bicycle from mainland Singapore and use the bumboat, and go for your activity... where can I park my bike in a safe place, please. Thanks.
Dear Gwen, If you have a bicycle lock with you, you can lock it up near our booth. Our volunteers can help keep an eye on it. What do you think of this proposal?
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ReplyDeleteMay I know how many boats per section? Thanks.
I don't really understand your question. Section of what?
DeleteTotal 3 time slots for boat ride , so one time slot only one boat or gt several? Pls advice. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteTotal 3 time slots for boat ride , so one time slot only one boat or gt several? Pls advice. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteWhat does 'gt' mean?
DeleteSo far, per time slot, one boat, 8 persons max.
I think it is a waste of time to try to get onto this tour if there are only 24 pax who can go. Many will be disappointed!
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